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Shovel and Tongs. No. 97,523. Patented. Dec. 7,1869.

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L HENRY KLIPERD ,AND BENJAMIN NEWBURY, OF OLARKSVILLE,'OHIO.

Letters Patent N 97,525, dated December 7, 1869; antedated Nm'embe'r 30, 1869.

COMBINED SH Q VEL AND TONGS.

The Schedule referred toin these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

useful Improvement in Combined Shovel and Tongs;

and we do hereby declare that the following isla full,

clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those sk'illed'in the art to make and use the same,

reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure l is a side view of our improved combined shovel and tongs, when open.

Figure 2, a view of the upper side of the'same, when closed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new and useful inode of constructing a pair of tongs and a fire-shovel combined, and consists in hinging a tongue to serve as the prong of a pair of tongs, at the base of a shovel, and con nectingthe tongue by a rod, with a loop or how pivoted to the upper end of the handle of the I shovel, so arranged that the hand can clasp upon both parts'in such a manner 'as to open and close the tongue and the shovel at pleasure, and thus make .the instrument so constructed serve the'double purpose of a fire-shovel and a pair of tongs.

-: -A represents an ordinary fire-shovel, of which a is the handle.

A tongue, I), is pivoted to the lower part of the handle a, which serves for one prong of a pair of tongs, in conjunction with the shovel.

The tongue I) either straddles or passes through the handle a, and on a bent projectiomc, at its upper end,

it is connected with a rod, d, that lies on the under side of the handle a, which rod, at its upper end, is connected with a bowor loop-piece, B, ,which is pivoted to thenpper end'of the handle a.

The handle a has a how, 0. on its upper side, at the end. I In order to use the combined shovel and tongs, the

"side, to grip better upon a piece of wood or coal, when theinstrument is.nsed as a pair of tongs. It grasps any object that may be seized very firmly, under the pressure of the hand bearing upon the handle a and the loop-piece B.

When used as a shovel,-the tongue b is pressed down close, as shown in fig. 2.

Having thus described our invention, 7 What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

v The compound lever 'Bflc b, when constructed, 'arranged, and combined with the shovel A a, in the "manner and forthe purpose herein set forth and de- THos. S. STRAWN,

AMBROSE N. WILLIAMS. 

